Skelta BPM - For BPM and Advanced Workflow Solutions

Skelta BPM
For BPM and Advanced
Workflow Solutions
The BPM transformation is just about to begin. Skelta BPM
heralds a paradigm shift in BPM workflows automation with
innovative new features for application integration, process
automation, process administration and user management.
Business Process Management for All ®
www.skelta.com
Skelta BPM
An Overview
Invensys Skelta provides enterprise-wide Business Process Management (BPM) and Advanced Workflow
solutions. The flagship product, Skelta BPM empowers every class of user in an enterprise with advanced
BPM and collaborative capabilities to develop BPM enabled business applications. Skelta BPM is built on
cutting-edge Microsoft .NET, XML, and Web services technologies. It is also the world’s first 100%
embeddable workflow engine.
Skelta enables business users and developers to design and deploy workflow applications using
software tools with which they are already familiar. In addition, Skelta enables businesses to leverage on
their existing investments in Microsoft technologies such as InfoPath, BizTalk Server and SharePoint.
Skelta, a recipient of the Microsoft Partner of the Year 2010 Finalist, 2008 American Business Awards
Finalist and CODiE Awards Finalist, has also won several other awards at industry forums such as
Microsoft 2006 Regional Winning Customer Award, Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 Attendee Choice Award,
Finalist in 2007 International Business Awards (Stevie Awards), Best of Tech Ed award in the Software
Components category and NASSCOM IT Innovation 2005 Award. Skelta has also been named one of
Asia’s top 100 companies by Red Herring magazine and acknowledged twice as one of the fastest
growing technology companies in India and Asia Pacific region by winning Deloitte Technology Fast 50
India & Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Awards for 2006 and 2007.
Skelta BPM leverages its strong enterprise class BPM architecture to deliver powerful new functionality
in core BPM functions. New features include the Skelta Extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter, Skelta
Object Access Layer, Enhanced BAM & KPIs, BizTalk Connector, Enhanced Security, Skelta Forms and
File Watcher.
Key Features
Enterprise Process Management
•Skelta Enterprise Console for centralized process management
•Categorize processes
•Process repository
•Process integration
Discovery, Analysis and Design
•Visual Process Designer
•BPMN Compliant
Visual Process Designer
Implementation and Development
•100% embeddable workflow framework for
rapid integration
•XML Variable user interface
•Human Workflow Services
•Native integration with Microsoft Outlook
•Multi-level organization and resource calendars
•Native clustering and active-active load balancing
Enterprise Console
Skelta BPM
Collaboration and Communication
•Integration with SharePoint DB, Active Directory &
3rd party directories
•Delivers tasks to SharePoint lists
•Advanced queue management for flexibility in setup,
task allocation and management to achieve optimum
utilization of resources
•Multi-level, hierarchical calendars for collaboration between
users across time zones, geographical locations, regions,
departments and functions
•Microsoft Outlook integration for task delivery and response
•Multi channel task delivery – Phone, SMS, IVR, PDA, Web, Mail,
Voice & IM
Business
Intelligence
Business
Processes &
Forms
Collaboration
Enterprise
Search
Enterprise
Content
Management
Skelta Extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter
•No code integration with SAP for business processes
•Integrate with any module of SAP using RFCs
•Built on top of Microsoft LOB adapter
•Business users can build workflows for SAP
•Read tables / data from SAP system by calling BAPIs/RFCs
•Update/push data in SAP system by calling BAPIs/RFCs
SOA (Skelta Object Access Layer)
•Reuse existing objects within processes
•Access objects without writing wrappers or custom code
•Enables just-in-time activation of objects within processes
•Access from GAC (Global Assembly Cache) or local folder
•Highly secure and rights-based calling of external
.NET assemblies
•Consume external .NET assemblies in Skelta Process
Designer without creating a custom activity
Skelta Extension to Microsoft
SAP LOB Adapter
BAM & KPIs
•Out-of-the-box reporting and activity monitoring views
•Associate workflows with BAM events
•Customizable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
•Performance Analysis
•Dashboard which highlights workflow status &
workflow instances
•Proactive alerts of Business Exceptions and KPIs
•In-built BAM Analyzer for Transaction & Execution
•BAM configuration in list context menu
•Configurable data points and KPIs for comprehensive
BAM reporting
•Automate exception-handling procedures
•Automated emails embedded with detailed graphs
of exceptions
SOA (Skelta Object Access Layer)
BAM & KPIs
Skelta BPM
Work Tasks
•Initiate a process on the move
•View and act on work items from the mobile devices
•Search for specific work items
•View work items based on categories
•Flag work items based on importance
•View work items even in offline mode
Electronic Signatures
•Electronically validate the identity of the users
•Ensure regulatory compliance with electronic signatures
•Track multi-level requests through response collaboration
BizTalk Connector
•New low latency connector using native TCP/IP stack
with BizTalk
•Invoke Skelta from within BizTalk processes for human
workflow integration
•Invoke BizTalk from Skelta for integraton with external
systems
BizTalk Connector
Dashboard and Web Parts
This feature allows you to enable Web parts and customize
home screens. You can:
•Customize web parts based on the credentials of a
specific user or role
•Customize the home screen based on need
•Increase the business productivity with customization
Dashboard and Web Parts
Custom Controls
The Custom Controls feature in forms is to support some of
the advanced form features which can be created by the user.
With Custom controls, you can:
•Customize Form features to specific business needs
•Blend custom controls with Skelta Forms Architecture
Custom Controls
Skelta BPM
Database Activity
The database activity enables execution of queries, stored
procedures and functions from the workflow. This activity
enables you to:
•Establish connections with the database server
•Retrieve or update data in the database
•Get schemas of database tables according to a query
Security
•Collaborate effectively during workflow creation
•Define user-based access rights for workflow
design functions
•Leverage in-built workflows to collaborate during process
and form design
•Define security at item, folder and other levels
•Comprehensive security for reporting & BAM
•Use SharePoint Roles/Users to define security inside
Enterprise Console
Database Activity
Security
Skelta Forms
•Use Skelta, InfoPath or ASP.NET forms to create
forms-driven processes
•100% web-based forms designer that can be used by IT
professionals to design forms on the web including forms
inside SharePoint
•Manage versioning and security of forms
•Create complex forms for use in processes
•Initiate workflows or link to activities within workflows
•Use forms for implementing image assisted,
paperless processes
Skelta Forms Designer
File Watcher
•Reliable file related events with special logic to eliminate
false file events
•Bind File Events to processes
•Integrate paperless processes with Skelta
•Associate Skelta workflows with file watcher events
•Monitor a folder for different file events
•Access file details as XML variables inside workflow
•Move files from one location to another
(Physical, SharePoint and FTP)
File Watcher
Skelta BPM
Product Evolution
Developer and OEM Edition-Benefits
•Rapidly deploy applications using embedded objects
•Reduced implementation times for faster time-to-market
•XML Interface for easy integration and data interchange with third-party applications
•Blocked output functionality
•Properties for synchronous and asynchronous execution
•Construct and modify rules within existing software using the simple click and drop interface
•Customize the entire user interface by changing simple HTML templates
•Connectivity with any database such as Oracle, MS SQL or Active Directory
•Allow end users to customize an embedded workflow
•Manage complex resource and organization calendar schedules
•Execute business rules written in COM, and run scripts in languages like VBScript.NET and JScript.NET
•Send Notifications/Alerts on email, SMS and via standard instant messengers
Built around a set of drag and drop ASP.NET web controls, Skelta BPM allows you to add BPM
functionality to your application in 3 easy steps:
Step 1: Add Skelta Controls to
Visual Studio palette
Step 2: Create or open Visual
Studio project
Step 3: Drag and drop Skelta
controls into the project
Skelta BPM
A customer testimony is worth more than 1000 words of bland sales copy.
“Servicing more than 500 customer projects
valued at over $500 billion across over 50
countries with over 70,000 users, Coreworx
customers rely on our extensive experience
with major capital project best practices, and
our proven track record of improving process
performance throughout the entire
project lifecycle.
Embedding Skelta BPM software has been a
key factor and has enabled us to turn
industry best practices into automated
solutions to help our customers be more
agile and efficient.
Our customers’ successes depends on
them receiving the right information, at
the right time, and in the right context. The
underlying Skelta BPM software framework
help us automate existing business
practices so our customers can have
increased visibility into mission critical
business processes, and the ability to
rapidly adapt to meet unique demands
of every critical project.”
- Erik Vander Ahe
SVP Operations & Development
Coreworx Inc.
“Skelta has an excellent visual component
that allows quick and easy design of
workflows. It easily integrates other
steps into the workflow process. I could
tell it was written by experienced
programmers who know what they
are doing.”
- Greg Robinson
Marketspace Monitor Group
“Skelta BPM helped us achieve an
ROI of 20% by identifying
unmanaged process areas,
automating and integrating them
naturally in uncontrolled business
situations largely affected by the
global economic crisis
existing today.”
-Astimen Fe,
MIS Manager, ICON+
“We sought an embedded solution with a
thin-client designer and finally found one in
Skelta that actually exceeded and continues
to exceed our expectations. More importantly than the technology, we have found an
OEM partner who sees our success as their
own success and this positive relationship
with Skelta has enabled us to move
farther and faster in the marketplace
with confidence.”
- Harold Engstrom
CEO, Innovative Process Solutions, Inc.
Awards & Accolades
Business Process Management for All ®
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10900 Equity Drive, Houston,
TX 77041 USA
USA Tel: +1 678 306 4110
India Tel: +91 80 4060 2600
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